Thanks to George Barris, when it comes to Lincoln show cars, everybody knows about the Futura. But, quick, can you name another one off the top of your head? Unless you’re a die-hard fan of the marque, probably not, but thanks to Thomas E. Bonsall’s article on Lincoln show cars in SIA #106, August 1988, now you can confidently rattle off the names of several Lincoln show cars the next time we hit you with that pop quiz question.

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Well, this SIA article helped me fill in another somewhat mysterious piece of Ford history, the firing of Lee Iacocca. The first 60s era Lincoln show car and some to follow were named the Lido. That was Lee Iacocca’s quite ethnic first name.
I can well imagine that that fact really antagonized Henry II on a number of levels and I’d also bet Ford only learned of the show car’s name choice after the fact.

Whenever my SIA arrived in the mail, I was MIA for the next few days. I still have every issue since my dad got me a subscription in mid ’73. Love re-reading them, and do so often.

I was really surprised to find a Johnny Lightning Matchbox-sized scale model of the Lincoln Futura. It’s even painted in the exact pale blue/whitish color of the original dream car. Plus I found it at a dollar store!